Prime Minister Bizen

During the period of tomorrow's peace talks, Xiu's family has already set off to return to Kanto. As Xiu's family left Osaka, Xiuci and others also looked for opportunities to return to their skills.

Since the political struggle in Osaka has always been at a disadvantage for the Xiu family, and not long ago, the Xiu family beat him face-to-face, and Xiu Ci showed an unconcealable aggrieved expression on his face.

Before returning to Kanto, Xiujia explained some precautions to his three sons, Ichijo Ikei, Sanjo Mika and Kagechiyo, who were brought to Kyoto by his retainers.

From today onwards, they will break away from the protection of the Fengchun family and become independent daimyos.Today's children still don't understand the meaning behind these words, but for the retainers entrusted to them by the Xiu family, these words of the Xiu family put a lot of pressure on them.

He was born as a servant of the Xiu family, and was later sent to the reserve team by the Xiu family for trials, and then promoted to the joint meeting of the elders as the secretary, but Shinya Shimizu, who is only 27 years old, may not know how to do it when he is in the reserve. Thinking that I will become a daimyo one day, and even become the head of a family of 5 Shi Gaomen, and actually control the affairs of the family.

It is more reassuring to hand over a family foundation to the Shimizu Nobuya Xiu family. Although he came from a humble background, he was educated with the Xiu family when he was young.

Although his ability can not be said to be a top-notch good minister, it is more than enough to govern a small leader of 5 shi and lead an army of about a thousand people.

Then there's Goto Keiji.

Because the description of him by later generations was too shining, Hideka ignored the fact that he was only a 6000-stone lord in the Kuroda family.

Although he is one of the Kuroda Eight Tigers, he does have some abilities, but he has never mastered the center or participated in the decision-making of the center.

Fortunately, the area of ​​Sanuki is not critical. Even if the Eastern and Western armies go to war in the end, it will basically not affect this place. The minimum requirement is that he can manage the territory for the Sanjo Shijia.

Besides, didn't the Hide family confiscate all the powerful Sanuki families including Kiyomasa Kosai to the Mijo Sanjo family? With the help of Sanuki natives like them, even if the upper limit of Goto Kejixiang is not high, the lower limit will not drop too much Low.

The only thing that worried the Xiu family was Jing Chiyo, in the name of handing him over to Tachibana Zongshige for education, and wanted this general of the Xiguo Wushuang to educate the Xiu family's son into a Xiguo Wushuang.In fact, he was sent to Tachibana's house as a son-in-law and adopted son.

He is only a 7-year-old child, and his mother Ma Sichun is a Ryukyu Chinese, and he received a Chinese-style education.

He was very conflicted about sending his son all the way to Kyushu, but this time he came to Kinki with Jing Chiyo, expressing that he would go to Chikugo with Jing Chiyo.

Although Xiujia believed that Tachibana Soshige would not put a hat on himself, the outside rumors would affect Xiujia and Tachibana to some extent, and Xiujia gave a clear rejection.

But the child's mother just couldn't worry about the child, so the Xiu family could only ask the horse farm staff to accompany them there, and built a Buddhist hall outside Liuchuan City for Mrs. Yucheng to live in.

At the same time, the Hide family selected from among their attendants, and selected two young men from the branch of the Ukita family, Togo Ujikichi and Kojima Uriyori, as Kagechiyo's attendants, and they would go out to Yanagawa with Kagechiyo.

Although they have already taken Yuanfu, as a branch of the branch family, they are not valued in the Fengchun family.

In the end, even if they go out from the entourage, at most they will enter the Banner Group, the Adherent Group, or the Standing Officers as officers, and some people will return to their own territory to live the days of warrior landlords, and they will only serve as reserve officers when they are called up.

Now the Hide family let them go to the Western Kingdom at the age of Sui Kechiyo, although the temporary treatment is not high, but as Kechiyo becomes the head of the Tachibana family in the future, won't they be treated as Naoe Kanetsugu in the future as the retainers of the hidden residence?
Mrs. Yucheng was similar. Since her two sons were sent out by the Xiu family to become sons-in-law and adopted sons, their mother Qing Ji also expressed to the Xiu family that she wanted to move to Kyoto to live.

She was originally the princess of the Imadegawa family. As Juting Qingji was getting older and her two sons were no longer in Kanto, it was understandable to want to move here.

The main reason is that Ming Yumaru (Sanjo Mika) was born at the beginning of the second year of Wenlu, and he is only 6 years old this year. Qing Ji really can't worry about such a young child.

Even the elder Zhaoju Maru Ichijo Ichi is only 10 years old, and their education is a problem.So the Xiu family sent people to build an annex in Otsu City, and asked Kiyohime to temporarily live in their brother's house with Ming Yumaru, and they were educated by their teacher together.

Before the Xiu family planned to hand them over to Tianhai for education, but after the previous incident, the Xiu family lost trust in Tianhai.

Although it would not be enough to turn their backs on this, the Xiu family still had the idea of ​​using Tianhai instead, but it was absolutely impossible for him to be their child's teacher.

Fortunately, there is a famous general in Kyoto itself who is excellent in military strategy, politics, and internal affairs, and his status is special enough to be the key for the Hide family to control the Hosokawa family, that is Hosokawa Fujitaka.

As his grandson's brother-in-law and also the son of his old colleague, Hideka personally went to Kyoto to invite Hosokawa Fujitaka, who lived in seclusion, to go to Otsu City to help educate Hideka's two sons.

Hosokawa Fujitaka is such a smart person, he immediately understood what Hideka meant, but he still had the attitude he showed to outsiders.

He asked Xiujia to build a pavilion for him by the side of Lake Biwa in Dajin City, and then asked Xiujia for two famous utensils and tea sets.

In fact, you can see from Tadake Hosokawa in history that he is not a person who values ​​family affection, but an extremely rational egoist.

But his son Zhonglong is no match for him. Hosokawa Zhonglong is a person who cares deeply about his family.He was originally the brother-in-law of the Xiu family, and now his grandfather who has a particularly good relationship with him is also in the hands of the Xiu family, and Tadataka Hosokawa has been completely tied into the chariot by the Xiu family.

What the Xiu family has to do now is to find a way to support Zhonglong to directly replace the position of Hosokawa Tadakashi's family governor, instead of dividing the family in the way that the father leads 13 sons and sons receive 7.5 shi.

However, the separation of Hosokawa Tadataka's family is also beneficial. Many samurai who were promoted due to meritorious service in Sui Xiu's family had no territory to arrange, so they could be arranged under Hosokawa Tadataka's 7 stones.

You don't even need to find a name. It is a Japanese rule for a new daimyo to recruit meritorious samurai.

After finishing all this, Xiujia personally watched Jing Chiyo and Mrs. Yucheng go to Kyushu by boat at Osaka Port, and left for Kanto after letting Nagatsu Masaka, who came to report on his work, be in charge of Fushimi's fortification.

On the way before leaving, the Hide family temporarily stopped at Mikawa Okazaki Castle. Although this place has been assigned to the territory of the Tokugawa family, but because the transfer of the Tsutsui family has not yet been completed, the city is still under the control of the Tsutsui family.

As Hideka's closest ally, Tsutsui Joji met Hideka again.As one of the newly promoted ten people, Tsutsui Joji's status in the daimyo is already extraordinary.

However, unless the ten people have extremely important matters, they will generally not be recruited to Osaka to participate in the evaluation.

When in Osaka, Hideya didn't have the energy to sit down with Tsutsui Sadaji and have a good chat. This time, Hideya finally had the opportunity to sit down and communicate with Tsutsui Sadaji at Okazaki Castle.

In the first sentence after the two exchanged pleasantries, Tsutsui Joji dismissed his attendants, wife and daughter, and finally asked the Xiu family seriously about the next move of the Xiu family.

"Thanks to Your Highness, Toyotomi's world can be maintained. I also rely on Your Highness to return to the old territory of Kinki. But now the Lord is less suspicious, and His Highness Gifu and Yodohime are more at odds with His Highness.

Today I want to ask His Highness for a letter. Does His Highness want to be the number one vassal in the world, in the name of his own loyalty, or is he a person who is determined to achieve success in the world. "

After Tsutsui Joji's question, seeing that Xiujia didn't respond to him immediately, he thought it was because he was not sincere.After all, who would tell others "I want to rebel and become a man of the world" everywhere?
He hurriedly added, "Your Highness, please don't misunderstand me. My Tsutsui family has already been tied to His Highness, and everyone is prosperous. But Your Highness should also let me know His Highness's ambitions, so that my Tsutsui family can prepare for it."

Tsutsui Sadaji was right, the Tsutsui family had already been labeled as the "Toyoharu school" in the eyes of outsiders, and even the kind of existence that would not necessarily win the trust of others even if they betrayed the Hide family.

But how could the Xiu family be willing to discuss it with others when it was a matter of family survival?Even Xiuzhen only understands the general plan of the Xiu family.

Facing Tsutsui Joji's inquiry, Hideka's answer was somewhat reserved, "His Royal Highness Xiuli is Guan Bai's parent and son after all, and Guan Bai's last will is where I am deeply impressed by Guan Bai's kindness. Naturally, his main purpose is to protect His Royal Highness Xiuli.

I really have a sincere heart for Her Majesty Xiuli. If I wanted to fight against the enemy, I would have no need to call for peace when I was in Kyoto. "

"But." Hideka paused here, as if there was something hard to say, but he quickly considered his sentence and said, "To tell you the truth, brother, the scene of a world of great struggle has begun to emerge, and the famous names such as Gifu, Suruga, and Hiroshima In name, it is to maintain Xiuli, but in fact it is mostly used.

I am only afraid that this world will be in chaos in the hands of others, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to maintain Xiuli's authority.In the world of great struggle, if you do not advance, you will retreat.Even if I don't have that thought, my retainers will not miss this opportunity. "

What Xiujia said was very cryptic, even somewhat sanctimonious, but the meaning behind the words has been revealed clearly.

At least Tsutsui Sadaji nodded after hearing this, expressing his understanding, "Since that's the case, I have an idea in my mind. Your Highness transferred me from Mikawa to Yamato. Although it is not an elite place, the purpose must be to prevent problems before they happen.

Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do my best to help His Highness when necessary, but if Your Highness has more detailed plans in the future, please let me know in time, so don't keep the Tsutsui family in the dark. "

Tsutsui Joji answered very humblely, just begging the Hide family not to use the Tsutsui family as pawns and act in a drum. This may be because Akechi Mitsuhide played tricks on Tsutsui Junkei during the change of Honnoji back then, which gave the Tsutsui family a psychological shadow .

But the Xiu family would not do this, he would clearly inform his allies of every decision, so the Xiu family promised: "It should be taken for granted."

Afterwards, Tsutsui Joji asked Hideka about Kechiyo. "I heard that His Highness handed His Highness Jing Chiyo over to Tachibana's attendants to teach?"

In fact, this is not a secret, after all, it involves a daimyo with a million stones and a daimyo with 10,000+ stones.Although compared with the Hide family, the Tachibana family's Zhixing is only 14 shi, but the daimyo of this size is already an enviable existence among Japanese samurai.

The Xiu family sent their son to the Yanagawa clan, which was quite a big deal, and Toyotomi Hideji clearly expressed his disapproval.

But if you don't agree, you don't agree. The Xiu family didn't adopt their son, it's just because the Xiu family has too many sons to educate them, so they sent them out to find a teacher to educate them from an early age.

The Toyotomi family law only stipulates that daimyos cannot marry at will and send out adopted children, but it does not say that daimyos cannot recognize each other as teachers.

The Xiu family didn't violate any law by doing so, even if you, Xiuci, want to oppose you, there is no reason.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the purpose of the Xiu family's operation. On the bright side, everyone has no excuse to stop it, because Jing Chiyo has not officially joined the Tachibana family, and the Xiu family and Tachibana Zongshige have not yet stepped on the line.

As long as the Xiu family wants to let Jing Qiandai become the successor of the Tachibana family, the Xiu family must report to Chacha and the Beizheng Office, and it must be approved by the five big bosses after deliberation and deliberation.

Now Tsutsui decides to bring up the old matter again, so it is naturally impossible to express his objection.Then he must have other ideas.

"I'm ashamed to say that the heirs of my Tsutsui family are not prosperous. When my father was alive, he took in the three sons of Master Fukuzumi Junhong as adopted sons. Now when I come to my place, I have encountered such a situation again.

Today, I would like to ask His Highness for a son from my sister to inherit the Tsutsui family business, and I hope Da Nayan will not refuse. "

Tsutsui was born in the 5th year of Yonglu (1562). Dao is almost 36 years old this year. The key is that he is different from those who married late. Tsutsui Joji has been married for nearly 20 years, but all of them are daughters and no sons. .

The daimyo has no heirs at this grade, so he will think about his family's affairs more or less.So when Tsutsui Joji asked Hideka for Fujihime's son, Hideka wasn't too surprised.

But to be honest, Hideka's sons are not very old now. Hideka and Fujihime's son Haruomaru was born in Olu Shiki, and he is only 7 years old this year.

It's not impossible for this grade to adopt another family, but the Hide family showed some hesitation in the face of Tsutsui Sadaji's request.

It's not that the Xiu family loves Fujihime's son more than Qingji and Yucheng's sons.Tsutsui Joji is different from Ichiuchi, Sanjo Kohiro, and Tachibana Muneshige.

The three of them have never been able to have children in history, regardless of gender, it is very likely that they themselves suffer from infertility diseases, and the Xiu family can inherit 100% of their family business by adopting their sons.

But Tsutsui's order is different, he just can't give birth to a son, but his daughter has given birth to a lot, it is hard to guarantee that he will not suddenly give birth to a son one day.

Historically, his son Junsada Tsutsui was born in the 6th year of Keicho (1601), and the pregnancy is estimated to be around 1600 in Sekigahara.

At that time, Tsutsui Sadaji was already in the 38-year-old grade, and his wife Oda Hideko was the daughter of Oda Nobunaga, and she was already a 35-year-old pregnant woman.

Tsutsui Joji's 38-year-old tadpole still maintains a lot of vitality, and the history of Sekigahara is only 2 years away. There are hundreds of millions of tadpoles at once. Fell to the ground.

In case the Hide family's son had just been adopted, Tsutsui Sadaji's son was born, how embarrassing it would be for the Hide family's adopted son.Is the filth between Mori Terumoto and Mori Hidemoto going to be staged between the Tsutsui family and the Hideka?

Don't let the relationship between the Tsutsui family and the Hide family cause a rift because of a son inheriting the family business, that would be unbeautiful.

But the Tsutsui family is one of the close allies of the Hide family after all, and Tsutsui Sadaji can be regarded as the half elder brother of the Hide family. Now that they are begging the Hide family for their son, the Hide family can't just refuse so clearly.

After thinking about it, Xiu Jiasi decided to appease him a little and said, "Oh, do all the daimyos know that my Fengchun family has many heirs, and they are all waiting for me to have a son! To tell you the truth, except for the three sons who have already given away , you are already the enemy 3 who asked me for a son."

Are there really so many people asking for a son from the Xiu family?really have.

With Hideka and Tachibana Soshige's operation, many famous names who can't give birth to sons have taken their hearts.I think this is a way to not only draw in the relationship with the Xiu family, but also continue the blood of my own family.

For example, Kazutoyo Yamauchi, who had just been transferred to Hida and Mino, came to Hideya.As the protagonist of the Dahe drama "Crossroad of Fame and Fame", Kazutoyo Yamauchi's ambition is not small, but it has been suppressed in the Hideyoshi era.

With Hideyoshi's death, the Hideo family gave him the status of Lord Hida as soon as he came to power, which made him see the hope and naturally have the idea of ​​wanting to get involved.

But a small daimyo with more than 5 stones, is he ashamed to ask the Xiu family for a son?Not to mention that the Xiu family had always disliked Kazutoyo Yamauchi.So the Xiu family found an excuse to shirk it.

But Tsutsui Joji and Yamauchi Kazutoyo are not the same, the Hide family can only say, "My brother is at the peak of spring and autumn, and Haruki Maru is still young. If in the future when my brother has no heirs in his forties, the Hide family is willing to let him go." Haruyoshimaru adopted Tsutsui's family."